Discover Motivational Interviewing
Embark on a journey of personal and professional development with our comprehensive motivational interviewing workshops. Designed for all skill levels, our training sessions provide participants with the tools and techniques necessary to boost motivation and foster meaningful conversations.
Workshop Overview
Our offerings include motivational interviewing introductory training, perfect for those who are new to the concept. This initial training lays the foundation for effective communication strategies and engages participants in the core principles of motivational interviewing.
For those looking to deepen their expertise, we offer an advanced training module. This workshop takes participants beyond the basics, focusing on advanced techniques and individualized coaching methods that enhance client interactions and support positive change.
Specialized Training for Leaders
Our motivational interviewing for supervisors program is specifically designed for leaders seeking to cultivate a supportive coaching environment. By integrating motivational interviewing into your leadership approach, you can empower your team members, encourage open dialogue, and maximize their potential.
Moreover, we facilitate implementing motivational interviewing coaching circles, where peers collaborate and learn from one another’s experiences. These circles are an excellent opportunity for ongoing practice and feedback, ensuring your skills remain sharp and relevant.
Join us at our motivational interviewing workshops and take the first step towards transforming your communication and coaching abilities!
Understanding Adaptive Training in Motivational Interviewing
Motivational interviewing (MI) training options are increasingly incorporating adaptive training methodologies to enhance participant learning. This approach is particularly effective in teaching essential skills by gradually increasing the complexity of tasks and activities. By adopting a gradual adaptive approach, trainers can significantly improve the likelihood that participants will comprehend and successfully retain foundational skills that they can then build upon.
The Importance of Incremental Complexity
Beginning with simple tasks and progressively transitioning to more complex and abstract activities is vital for mastering the various skills required for proficient performance in motivational interviewing. This incremental complexity allows participants to engage with easier concepts before tackling multifaceted challenges, thereby facilitating a deeper understanding of the practice.
Our Approach Based on Eight Stages of Learning
The adaptive training format we employ is thoughtfully designed around the eight stages of learning motivational interviewing, as proposed by Miller. This model ensures that every step of the training builds upon the previous skills learned, creating a solid foundation for advanced practices. As such, participants are equipped not only to master the basics but also to navigate the intricate dynamics of motivational interviewing with confidence and competence.
Motivational Interviewing Training Options
Adaptive Training
Adaptive training is effective for teaching skills by incrementally increasing the complexity of tasks and activities. Using a gradual adaptive approach increases the likelihood that participants will comprehend and retain basic skills and then build on them. Starting off with simple and easy tasks and then moving to increasingly abstract and multifaceted activities is essential for learning the myriad of skills involved with skillfully performing MI. The adaptive training format that we use is based on the Eight Stages of Learning MI (Miller & Moyers, 2006) as well as the latest conceptualization of MI as occurring within the four processes (Miller & Rollnick, 2013). We begin with basic skill building and move to more sophisticated skill building over time. Participants have an opportunity to practice and get a good grasp of a particular skill before moving on to the next skill. While many of the exercises that we use focus on small, specific skills, it’s also important to allow participants to practice putting the skills together in longer, more conversational formats. As participants improve their skills some of the exercises transition to incorporate more difficult “sustained practice” or “put-it-all-together” activities. The “expert trap” is explicitly avoided and we instead develop equal partnerships and relationships with members of the training. We endeavor to “flatten” the hierarchy and help everyone feel as if they have something to contribute.
Our adaptive training format includes learning:
• Simple definitions and Spirit of MI
• Simple Micro OARS skills (Open ended questions, Affirmations, Reflections and Summary statements),
• Mid-level engagement skills including dancing with discord (previously rolling with resistance) and empathy
• Mid-level focusing skills including asking permission before giving advice, agenda mapping, and elicit-provide-elicit
• Mid-level evocation skills including recognizing change talk, eliciting change/confidence talk, and consolidating commitment
• Mid-level planning skills including how to transition to planning and elicit a plan effectively
• Complex “put-it-all-together” skills,
• Complex “recognize-when-to-be-in-each-process” skills and how to transition smoothly between them skills.
TRAINING OPTIONS
MI Bronze: Introduction to Motivational Interviewing: 2 day intensive. Learn the foundational principles and skills of MI. Feel the “spirit” of MI through experiencing the change process through exercises that highlight change from your own perspective. Learn to identify ways in which MI is both directive and empathic. Experience didactic presentation, case examples, and interactive exercises.
MI Silver: Advanced Motivational Interviewing: 2 day advanced workshop. Each day spaced approximately one month from the introductory training to allow individualized practice of skills in your work setting. Basic understanding of motivational interviewing principles and skills is assumed. Experience increased hands on activities and skill/technique development. Increase flexibility and ability to help individuals access their own motivation for change.
MI Gold Part 1: Orientation to Motivational Interviewing Coaching and Coding: A one day training which introduces participants to the coaching and coding process. Participants get to code tapes themselves which helps anchor the skills they have learned. Additional practice builds your confidence before submitting your first tape for feedback.
MI Gold Part 2: Motivational Interviewing Coaching, and Coding: Often utilized after initial MI training to ensure skill retention. Participants receive the opportunity to audiotape sessions for fidelity coding. MI skills become more second nature and the likelihood that skills are retained and utilized in practice increases. Current training research indicates this type of follow up and support is the best way to ensure workshop effectiveness.
MI Platinum: Motivational Interviewing Integration Meetings: The facilitation of meetings within your agency which include front-line staff, agency administrators, and other stakeholders. The purpose of these meetings is to create long-term systems change in your agency and to create a culture where the use of Motivational Interviewing skills can flourish. Current implementation science research indicates that these types of feedback loops are essential for sustainability.